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Rarelaicized
The correct spelling is laicized.
How to pronounce laicized
verb
Say it like: Lay-siz-ed
The correct spelling is laicized. To convert from church controlled to independent of the church; to secularize. For example: "They will laicise each of the schools in the district."
Usage Examples
“They will laicise each of the schools in the district.”
“Due to his controversial views the Vatican decided to laicise the priest.”
“The soup kitchen laicised, it moved out of the church and registered as an independent non-profit.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To convert from church controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.
- 2.To reduce from clergy to layman.
- 3.To convert to lay status.
adjective
- 1.Freed from ecclesiastical control
- 2.Secularized
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